assigned in this manner, while the remaining electoral votes are allocated based on the plurality of votes in each of their congressional districts. The...

electors or with votes weighted in a particular way. The United States has been the only democracy in the 21st century that still uses an electoral college to...

the electoral college returns gave Jackson only 99 votes, 32 fewer than he needed for a majority of the total votes cast. Adams won 84 electoral votes, followed...

Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an agreement among a group of U.S. states and the District of Columbia to award all their electoral votes to whichever...

an additional two electoral votes. In states that employ FPTP-GT, the presidential candidate gaining the greatest number of votes wins all the state's...

how votes translate into the election outcome, limits on campaign spending, and other factors that can affect the result. Political electoral systems...

fifty percent of the electoral vote is an entirely open issue.": 653  For example, if there are currently 538 total votes, and all votes from a state that...

day. Electoral votes for Maine and Nebraska are allocated between statewide vote and congressional districts. With Vermont's 3 electoral votes, Joe Biden...

direct votes, known as electoral votes, for president, and for vice president. The candidate who receives an absolute majority of electoral votes (at least...

of votes: more than half of all votes (more than all other candidates combined if each voter has one vote). Under single-winner plurality voting, the...